Seagate, a company firmly entrenched in traditional hard disk drive (HDD) storage, unsurprisingly is not impressed with SSDs. "Realistically, I just don’t see the flash notebook sell," said Seagate CEO Bill Watkins. "We just don’t see the proposition."
It's understandable that Watkins would want to protect his company's investment in mobile HDDs, but it shouldn't be too difficult to appreciate the advantages on mobile platforms.
http://www.dailytech.com/Seagate+CEO+Unimpressed+With+SSDs+for+Notebooks/article11222.htm
Bill Watkin's makes a good point, but I think like most things, these high-end (as in price) parts right now lay the groundwork for the future. While a 64GB SSD costs around $1,200 now, it could cost $600 or even less by the end of the year. Realistically, even with THOSE prices, SSD is not going to go mainstream, but what about next year?
If prices drop by the end of the year, densities will also grow. We will see more and more drives, with larger densities, for much better prices. Who knows, by mid-next-year, we might see a 128GB option for $600... or even less. That trend will only continue until the drives are completely affordable.
Though SSD has a few downsides, the upsides outweigh them. Super fast transfer speeds, low latencies, better efficiency... it seems like a win/win. It might be difficult for the typical hard drive in its current form to compete years down the road. Seagate has nothing to worry about right now though, since most people would much prefer installing 3TB in their machine rather than 64GB
It's understandable that Watkins would want to protect his company's investment in mobile HDDs, but it shouldn't be too difficult to appreciate the advantages on mobile platforms.
http://www.dailytech.com/Seagate+CEO+Unimpressed+With+SSDs+for+Notebooks/article11222.htm
Bill Watkin's makes a good point, but I think like most things, these high-end (as in price) parts right now lay the groundwork for the future. While a 64GB SSD costs around $1,200 now, it could cost $600 or even less by the end of the year. Realistically, even with THOSE prices, SSD is not going to go mainstream, but what about next year?
If prices drop by the end of the year, densities will also grow. We will see more and more drives, with larger densities, for much better prices. Who knows, by mid-next-year, we might see a 128GB option for $600... or even less. That trend will only continue until the drives are completely affordable.
Though SSD has a few downsides, the upsides outweigh them. Super fast transfer speeds, low latencies, better efficiency... it seems like a win/win. It might be difficult for the typical hard drive in its current form to compete years down the road. Seagate has nothing to worry about right now though, since most people would much prefer installing 3TB in their machine rather than 64GB
